Motor-vehicle.



,WINIIELD I JENTON, OF DEAVENWCBTH, KANSAS.

MOTOR-VEHICLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 3, 1910. Serial No. 547,363.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WINFIELD DENTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Leavenworth, in the. county of Leavenworth and State of Kansas,. have invented certain new and useful Improvements in otor-Vehicles, of which the following is a specification. This invention relates to motor vehicles, and more especially to attachments for such vehicles whereby they may be anchored securely to the ground and utilized in theoperation of plows, cultivators or other agricultural implements or machines, my special object being to roduce means whereby the earth may be p owed or cultivated expeditiously and economically.

More specifically my object is to produce a' motor vehicle provided with a suitable hoist for connection, through the medium of a cable, with an agricultural implement or machine and with an anchoring mechanism engaged by said cable between its point of attachment with the hoistand agricultural machine or implement insuch amanner that the resistance ofi'ered to the winding of the cable on the drum of the hoist shall cause the anchor to reliably secure the m0- tor vehicle to the ground.

With these objects in view and others as hereinafter appear, the invention consists in certain novel and peculiar features of.

construction and organization as hereinafter described and'claimed; and in order that it may-be fully understood reference is to. be had to the accompanying drawing,- in which- Figure 1, is a side view of a motor vehicle embodying my invention. Fig. 2, is a top plan view 0 the same partly broken away to disclose a part otherwise hidden. Fig. 3,"is a rear view of the machine. "Fig.

his af'detail elevation of the front or main sprag. i p

In the said drawing. 1 indicates a motor truck of a common and well known type to whichfno claim perlse is made, the engine and certain mechanism of the truck being omitted; The engine of the truck is geared in the customary or any preferred manner, not shown, to the usual counter-shaft 2, suit- =ebly journaled'. and arranged transversely .beloyi the truck forward of the rear wheels 3, arid said shaft is geared to said rear wheel s,\to impart movement thereto, the n echanism shown for. this purpose'be'ing a be secured at one end sprocket wheel 4, mounted on said shaft and connected by chain 5 to sprocket Wheels 6, bearing a rigid relation to the rear wheels. As thus far described the machine is of common and well known construction, as herein-' before stated.

Mounted upon the platform or bed-of the vehicle is .any suitable type of hoist "7, the same embodying a .drum 8,- equipped' with a gear wheel 9, meshing with a gear pinion 10, mounted on a suitably journaled transverse shaft 11, equipped at its-ends with sprocket wheels 12, from which chains 13 run down through the bed of the truck, and engage the sprocket wheels 14, on shaft 2, so that the latter shall be utilized in o erating the drum. The hoist shown is .0 that common and well :known type known as the Samson friction drum belt hoist and;is provided with-the usual crank 15' whereby it may be thrown in and out of gear with the gear wheel 9, though as this feature does not form a part of the invention it is not described 'in detail .nor illustrated in the drawing. --It will also be understood that any suitable clntch mechanism I (not shown) Patented Mar. 21, 1911.

will be employed to throw the wheels 3 in and out of gear with the'hoistf, when desired. 16 is'a cable wound upon and adapted to to the drum in the usual manner and said cable extends downward and forward through'the body of the truck' and around a sheave 17, carried by a sprag. 18, the cable extending rearwardly from said sheave for attachment. to a plow, cultivator, or other implement or machine forpropelling the same, the sprag shown consisting of a swing frame 19, of any suitable type, pivoted at20to thebed or frame of "the truck and equipped a-t -its lower end .with

one or' more downwardly and'rearwardly curved flukes 21, for embedment in the ground to anchor the machine'agains't rearward movement when propelling the im-.

'plement or other machine connected to the rear end of the cable, .it being understood" that the resistance offered by such imple- -ment or mach'ne is the force .which. efiects the embedmen of 'thefiukes of the spring.

or anchor, and to guard against any .possibility of the sprag or anchor swinging. rearwardly to or beyond a vertical position and thusresult in a failuretooperate the plow, or other machine, the spra pr anchor is connected forward of its pivotal point to. a

point fixed with relation to the sprag. Thepreferred connection is by means'of a pair, of chains-22 which converge upwardly and forwardly and at their upper ends are attachedv to the lower end of a chain 23 connectedto a" reel 24. mounted on the'truck bed, said reel by preference, having a gear wheel 25 meshing with a gear pinion 26, mounted on the inner .end of a suitably journaled shaft 27 equipped with a crank handle 28 at oneend of the seat 29, of the truck, sotha't theopera 1' upon said seat maye'onveniently ope ate saidreel and withdraw the sprag or anchor from the ground when the hoist is not in operation, to permit the motor vehicle to move to and mm the place I of operation.

. implement ormachine, I provide an auxil-.

To cotiperate with the spr ng or anchor in holding the motor vehicle firmly when engaged in the propulsion of aplow or other iary sprag'30, pivoted at 31 to the bedof and extending downwardly and rearwardly from the truck near its rear end the said sprag being eqnipped with fiukes 32, wh ch by preference, are curved slightly inthe op- 'lp'osite direction to the flukes'21, this curvatl'ire being'desirable in order'thatlthe. flukes v shall not pull out of the ground too readily 30 inthe case of the breakage of said cableor other part, it being noted that when a change of position is. desired, that 'it is unnecessary to raise the auxiliary sprag asit will readilypull out of the ground and ride thereon and always be in position for auto: matic re'c-innagement therewith the instant the vehicle ieels the resistance of the implement or other machine attached to the rear end 'uof. cable 16, and said auxiliary spra'g is preferably connected by a chain 33, to the rear end of the bed of the truck to prevent it from ever assuming a vertical position as, in the passing over a ditch, it might engage an obstructionand raise the rear end of the vehicle from the ground.

Assuming that. the vehicle is connectedto I a'plow orother implement or machine and that the hoist is thrown in gear, it will be seen thatthe operation ofv the engine will result in driving the hoist and winding. the cable upon the drum and drawing the; plow or other implement or machine through the ground toward the vehicle. .Whenthe plow or other implement or machine has attained a position near the vehicle, the hoist is.

thrown out of gear and the frontor main sprag or anchor 15 raised; to an inoperative position. The car is then run to a new position, the Cflblt being paid out by the drum;- of the hoist so as not to exert a pull on the implement or machine attached to its rear end. When the vehicle has attained the desired position, the front sprag' is dropped and the power of the engine is imposed upon the hoist instead-of upon the rear wheels,

gearin 'upwar -for again advancing the plow or other implement. ormachine, it'being understood in this connection that the proportion of the will be such that the speed of the propel ed im flement shall be relatively .slow, a desire le speed being in the neighborhood of three miles per hour, the speed for the vehicle when not operating the plow or other implement or machine being relatively high sov that. but little time will be consumed in eflectinga change of position.

I wish it to be understood that I do not desire to be limited-to the exact details of construction shown and described, for obvious modificationswill occur to a person skilled in the art.

p I claim;

1; The combination with a motor vehicle of a hoist carried by the vehicle, means pivot'ally carried by 'the vehicle for anchoring the latter to the ground, and a-cable attached at one end to the hoist and engaging said means and extending therefrom and adapted as wound up by the hoist to exert force upon said means to "compel the latter to anchor the vehicle to the ground.

'2. The combination with amotor vehicle, of a sprag carried by the vehicle. and

adapted for engagement with-the ground to ,prevent'rea'rward movement of th'e vehicle, a sheave carried by said sprag, ,a hoist car-' ried by the vehicle rearwardfof the sprag,

and a cable-extending aroundsaid sheave with' one end running ,rearwardly and the other rearwardly and upwardly, the lastnamed end being attached to the hoist.

3. The combination with amotor vehicle,

- ofa sprag capable of extending downwardly and forwardly from and pivotally attached at its upper end 'to the motor vehicle, and provided at its lower end with flukes for engagement with the ground to prevent rear ward movement of the vehicle, means. to

prevent' the sprag swinging rearward to a "verticaliposition, sheave carried by said sprag,-a hoist carried'by the vehicle rearward of the sprag, anda cable extending around said sheave'with one. end running rearwardly and the other rearwa'rdly and dly, he" last named. end being at tached to the moist; p

4-. The combination witha motor vehicle, of a sprag capable of extending downwardly and forwardly from and pivotally attached provided at its lower end with flukes for engagement with the ground, to prevent rearward-movement, of the vehicle, a reel carried by thelvehicle forward of the sprag, affl'exible connection secured at its upper end to-the reel and at its'lower end to the sprag, a sheave carried'by the sprag, a'hoist carried by the vehicle rearward of the sprag,

and a cableextending around said sheave with one end running rearwardly and the at its upper end to the motor vehicle, and 5 other rearwardly and upwardly, the lastnamed end-. being attached to the hoist. v

5. The .oombination with a motor vehicle,

of a sprag pivoted thereto and adapted for engagement with the ground to prevent rearward movement of the vehicle, a sheave carried by said sprag, a hoistcarried by the .vehiele rear'ward'of the sprag, a cable extending around said sheave with one end running rearwardly and v the other rearwardly and upwardly, the lastmamed end being attached to the hoist, and an auxiliary sprag attached at its upper end to the rear part of the vehicle and extending .downwardly and rearwardly therefrom and lo vided at its lower end with flukes for em edment in the ground.

6. The combination with a motor vehicle, of a sprag pivoted thereto and adapted for engagement with the ground to prevent rearward movementof the vehicle, a sheave carried by said sprag, a hoist carried by th vehicle rearward of the sprag, a cable extending around said sheave with one end running rearwardly and the other rearwardly and upward1y,' the last-named end being attached to the hoist, an auxiliary sprag attached at its upper end to the rear part of the vehicle and extending downwardly andrearwardly therefrom and pro; vided at its lower end with fiukes for em;

'bedlnent in the ground, and means for preventing the auxiliary sprag from swinging forward to a vertical osition.

In testimony whereo I afiix my signature, v in the presenoe' of two witnesses.

WINFIELD BENTON. Witnesses:-

JOHN H. TooLn, 'GQY. Tnonrn. 

